Bangalore: Somdev Devvarman and Yuki Bhambri used their heavy artillery to complete the formalities in the reverse singles and author a 5-0 win for India against Indonesia in the Asia-Oceania Davis Cup Group 1 relegation playoff here on Sunday.
Devvarman, 28, who is ranked 208, blasted David Agung Susanto 6-3, 6-1, while 20-year-old Bhambri followed it up with an even more comfortable 6-0, 6-1 win over Wisnu Adi Nugroho to allow Shiv Prakash Misra to sign off as team captain in a happy frame of mind. The two reverse singles, that were only of academic interest after India took an unbeatable 3-0 lead Saturday following the doubles victory, dished out mediocre tennis with the Indonesian players offering very weak resistance.
There was a whiff of contest in the first reverse singles with Susanto staying with Devvarman early on before dropping serve in the sixth. The rallies were long and well-fought, but the Indian's superiority was much in evidence as he found some good angles to come through. In the second set, an early break in the third put Devvarman up 3-1, but Susanto fought hard and even had two break points in the fifth. However, the Indian came up with two well-directed serves to catch up and went on to hold for 3-1.
Thereafter, Devvarman who took to the court for the reverse singles instead of Sanam Singh who was earlier scheduled to play, broke again in the fifth and seventh to wrap up the tie in
07:13 PM, Apr 07, 2013
Bangalore: Yuki Bhambri is expecting that Leander Paes and Sanam Singh will do well in the doubles rubber as India will take a decisive 3-0 lead against Indonesia in the Asia Ocenia Group I tie at the KSLTA here Saturday. "I am expecting my team do well in tomorrow's doubles match. We have a good team," he told reporters in the post-match press conference. India's non-playing captain S P Misra...
10:19 PM, Apr 05, 2013
Bangalore: India's number one singles player Somdev Devvarman will open country's campaign against Wisnu Adi Nugroho of Indonesia in the Asia/Oceania Group I first round relegation play-off tie, beginning here from Friday. India number two Yuki Bhambri will lock horns against Indonesia number one Christopher Rungkat in the second singles on day one of the tie at Karnataka State Lawn Tennis Association (KSLTA) Stadium. On day two, Leander Paes and...
05:43 PM, Apr 04, 2013
The atmosphere in the team is very good, and the the players are working very hard and we look to win the tie, said team captain SP Misra. ...
08:51 PM, Apr 03, 2013
Yuki said that we are re not taking Indonesia lightly, but are confident of pulling off the tie, especially playing in home conditions. ...
10:29 PM, Apr 02, 2013
Bangalore: India will start favourites against Indonesia in the upcoming Davis Cup tie but coach Zeeshan Ali said they will not take the visitors lightly in the relegation play-off tie, starting April 5. "Sure, we have an all win (5-0) record against them, but we will not take them lightly as it is a 'must win' tie for us after the defeat against South Korea in February," Zeeshan told reporters...
08:36 PM, Mar 30, 2013
Somdev had beaten the world number 39 Benoit Paire of France in an ongoing ATP event in France. ...
03:05 PM, Feb 23, 2013
Somdev Devvarman and Yuki Bhambri are likely to return to the Indian Davis Cup team as the national selectors meet to pick the squad for the tie against Indonesia. ...
06:38 PM, Feb 22, 2013
The Indian tennis player Yuki Bhambri insisited that the rebel players will stick together in their battle against AITA. ...
09:22 PM, Feb 01, 2013
Bhambri is hopeful that the issue would be sorted out to everyone's satisfaction at AITA's executive committee meeting on Sunday. ...
09:05 PM, Feb 01, 2013
Young players Somdev Devvarman and Yuki Bhambri have reportedly written to the All India Tennis Association, asking the body to change India's Davis Cup captain and coach. ...
09:45 AM, Jan 02, 2013
Ranked 217, Yuki fought well before losing 5-7 3-6 against Dutchman Robin Haase, ranked as high as 56. ...
08:20 AM, Jan 01, 2013
Yuki Bhambri was pitted against world number 56 Dutch Robin Haase while comeback man Somdev Devvarman will open his campaign against Czech Jann Hajek, ranked 106. ...
06:08 PM, Dec 29, 2012
Seoul: Yuki Bhambri shocked third seed Dmitry Tursunov to progress to the second round of the ATP Challenger event but his doubles partner Divij Sharan went down fighting against sixth seed Yuichi Sugita on Monday. Yuki recorded a 6-4 7-6 (5) hard-fought win over formidable Russian opponent, who was once a top-20 player in the world, in the first round of the USD 100,000 hard court event. Tursunov is currently...
07:41 PM, Oct 23, 2012
Nanjing: None of the Indian players could take advantage as Yuki Bhambri, who was the lone survivor till Thursday, also crashed out of the Asia Pacific Australian Open wild card play off tournament, here on Friday. Unseeded Yuki lost 2-6, 3-6 to his second seed opponent Jimmy Wang from Taipei in the quarter-final contest, which lasted one hour and 10 minutes. Yuki had beaten lucky loser Yuqing Ning in a...
10:32 PM, Oct 19, 2012
Nanjing (China): The top-seeded Indian pair of Yuki Bhambri and Divij Sharan crashed out of the men's doubles event of the Asia-Pacific Australian Open wild card play-off tournament after suffering an upset straight set defeat, here on Thursday. Yuki and left-handed Divij lost 6-7, 4-6 to local pair of Mao-Xin Gong and Ze Zhang in the second round. Yuki and Divij had got a bye in the first round. Meanwhile,...
11:08 PM, Oct 18, 2012
New Delhi: Leander Paes remained unchanged at number five but Rohan Bopanna on Tuesday re-entered the doubles top-10 on the back of his runners-up finish at the ATP Shanghai Masters. Paes won the Shanghai Masters on Monday with Radek Stepanek, who also moved two places up to number six. Bopanna jumped four places to number 10 after gaining 600 ranking points. Bopanna's partner Bhupathi improved his ranking by two slots...
06:18 PM, Oct 15, 2012
Beijing: Young India Davis Cupper Yuki Bhambri stumbled at the first step of the ATP China Open qualifiers, losing in straight sets to Donald Young, here. Unseeded Yuki lost 3-6 2-6 to his seventh seed American rival in the first round of the qualifying event. Yuki had his chances in the second set but could not convert any of his three breakpoints. In the doubles event of the ATP 500...
06:52 PM, Sep 29, 2012
Chandigarh: India won the last two dead rubbers against New Zealand here on Sunday to win the Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Group I first round play-off 5-0. Yuki Bhambri and Sanam Singh won their respective reverse singles after India had already avoided relegation into Group II on Saturday by taking an unassailable 3-0 lead. Bhambri, who had won the first match against Daniel King-Turner on Friday, was taken the distance by...
02:54 PM, Sep 16, 2012
Chandigarh: It turned out to be a tough day for the Indian youngsters against New Zealand as Yuki Bhambri endured a five-set grind to provide the home team with a 1-0 lead while Vishnu Vardhan led his rival by two sets to one when bad light stopped play in the Davis Cup tie here on Friday. Vishnu was leading 6-2 6-7(5) 6-4 in the second singles against Kiwi No 1...
03:52 PM, Sep 14, 2012
